Sport: Third Highest

Frank Frisch, known universally as "The Fordham Flash," will receive the third highest salary in the major (baseball) leagues for playing second base for the New York Nationals during the 1924 season. Fielder Ruth receives $50,000 from the New-York Americans; Baseman Hornsby, $22,500 from the St. Louis Nationals; Frisch, by his new contract, approximately $18,000.

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